The Cat’s Out Of The Bag: One Republican Admits Voter ID Laws Are Meant to Suppress Democrats

This weekend, Pennsylvania Republican House Leader Mike Turzai (R-PA) finally admitted what so many have speculated: Voter identification efforts are meant to suppress Democratic votes in this year’s election.

“We are focused on making sure that we meet our obligations that we’ve talked about for years,” said Turzai in a speech to committee members Saturday. He mentioned the law among a laundry list of accomplishments made by the GOP-run legislature.

Voter identification efforts disproportionately affect low-income voters of color, a typically Democratic demographic. Despite insistence by Republicans that the efforts are needed to prevent misconduct on election day, voter fraud is less likely than being hit by lighting.

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If you get into trouble...the Republicans won't help you.
They can sneer and Jeer at the past 4 years...But not one of them is mentioning the collapse of the Eurozone, the loss of buying power that most Brits are suffering from, the rest of the world's troubles, Global Warming, Water problems NEVER get a mention by the GOP....Why?
Because they dont know, care, think and are not aware that we are all in.
it together
They have no wisdom or compassion just Dogma, hate, bigotry, and ....Oh yes "Christian and Mormon Love for their fellow man". NOT

A good lady friend of mine here in Connecticut, whose son of 27 years ( who has never worked a day in his life) wanted to get her son on SSDI following several accidents which left him somewhat mildly disabled.

Well, of course he had lost his birth certificate and social security card and had no photo ID and guess what? He had to get together all of those documents before SSDI would even consider him. And you know what? For the first time in his life, he hustled his little fat ass and got the necessary papers. When there's something to be gained, somehow these po folk can manage to get their paperwork together THEN, so why not to vote too if it means anything to them?

Oh my God. Am I back in BHO High School again with the same paid cheerleaders to deal with?
I understand that 30% more students dropped out of High School this week once they realized that anything they could ever accomplish wouldn't be THEIR accomplishment anyway. All of the entrepreneurs are moving to Europe.

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